Out-of-the-Box vs. Best-in-Breed Credit Card Processing
The (ERP) Credits Are Rolling ERP was once a battle between “comprehensive” and “best-of-breed” solutions. While the “comprehensive” solution providers claimed to offer a one-stop-shop of business functionality, providers working under a “best-of-breed” model...
ERP Vendor Bender: How To Manage Vendor Relationships
Managing ERP Management from Selection to Upgrade Your business is not alone. Manufacturers and distributors operate in an interconnected web that is often as expansive and elusive as the internet, or even the galaxy. Add constant digital connectivity to this already...
How ERP Deployment is an Environmental Decision
Have you wondered if your business is making sustainable decisions when it comes to choosing and managing the hardware and software systems that maintain your enterprise? Let's look at enterprise resource planning (ERP) deployment options to see why hosting your...
Doctor Who Regeneration for Digital Transformation
Regeneration as a Metaphor for Digital Transformation As a Canadian living in the American diaspora, I’ve had fun, at times, playing with my adopted country’s misconceptions of my homeland. I once convinced a room full of Texans that I had a pet wolf back home, à la...
P21 Integrations: Best Practices & Lessons Learned
Epicor Prophet 21 System Software Integrations The most challenging part of a Prophet 21 migration are the P21 integrations. For many companies, third-party integrations are a necessary component of their P21 ecosystem. Compared to many ERP applications, Prophet 21...
Putting Your Software Testing Strategy to the Test
Testing is the process that should use the most time in any software implementation. Why test? You selected this software and, of course, it should process transactions, shouldn't it? Start testing, and some surprises will be exposed.Testing basics, testing methods To...
Understanding the Value of a Project Manager
Project Management & the Future of Your Business In the next 5 years almost 88 million people around the world will be working in Project Management. More importantly, project-oriented activity will have reached $20 trillion in value. With this many projects and...
Cloud Migrations: “Lift & Shift” vs. “Build-from-Scratch”
EstesGroup is excited to announce that we are sponsoring Third Stage Consulting Group's Digital Stratosphere event on February 8th - February 10th, 2022. “Lift & Shift” vs. “Build-from-Scratch” Cloud Strategies Our keynote presentation at Digital Stratosphere 2022...
This Old IT: The Modify vs. Rebuild Software Quandary
When should you start from scratch? When I was about ten years old, my family lived in an old frame house. I have a lot of fond memories from our time there, but it had some quirks.Originally a two-bedroom house, a third bedroom had been added onto one side. Built in...
Trailer Telematics: How Cloud Technology is Driving Success
As trucking companies move closer to the goal of driverless vehicles, the technology that will enable this mission continues to improve. With this improvement comes a vast amount of information regarding the status of a given load. Enter the fleet of trailer...